"I really need you. You're the only one I know who can get the job done. Louis is too reckless and Russ isn't meant to be on the field." He said referring to the two. I sigh and hold my hand out as he shakes it.
"If it's too much I'm gone immediatel...
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"That's fucking crazy Alejandro!" I snapped at my friend.
He told me he had a plan for me to see Raina but I didn't know what to think about it. He said she probably wanted to meet me just as bad but my nerves were telling me no. I know he means well but there's still so many things to consider.
"Anidamo Adrian! This might be your only chance. What if she disappears again but this time for longer than 4 years? Your daughter all grown up not thinking about her father and your woman with another man and many kids." I clenched my teeth and fists.
He knew what he was doing and it bothered me that he knew what to say to get under my skin. I couldn't stand it knowing if I wait to long the woman I've spent years looking for will have moved on and started another family of her own.
"Fine. When do we start?" Alejandro smirks and pats my back.
"That's more like it amico. We start tonight." With that he walks out the double doors as his dress shoes clicked against the floor.
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Raina Dion Dion Residence
"You sure you want to do this? Like for real this time?" My father nodded at me as he unfastened his seatbelt.
Today was the day my dad was getting his things from our family home and leaving my mother. He told me even more than I knew before. The shooting, her constantly putting the family in danger, her obsession with this man from when they were in college. He's had enough and I can understand why.
I'm going in with him just in case she gets crazy. I love my mom but sometimes she loses her mind when she's angry. I don't want my father to take part of that. He's getting up in age and I don't think I could handle him in the hospital for it.
We walk inside and see that the house isn't trashed like I thought it would be. We could hear her coming from the kitchen. When she stepped into the room she had on her favorite Valentino heels that my grandfather gifted her for her birthday a few years back. I kept looking up to see she had on skinny jeans and a beautiful blouse. If I could say anything about my mama it's that she could dress her ass off.
She had her makeup done and hair flat ironed. Her nails were also fresh and red to match just about the rest of her outfit. She had her hand on her hip glaring at my father. I already knew she was going to start something so I was already as prepared as I could be.
"So you came back huh Henning?" She scoffed before sitting on the couch.
"I came to get my things Hale." He said which made her head snap in his direction.
"The fuck do you mean get your things? Where are you gonna go?" I went and sat on the couch watching them.
This isn't the first time I caught them fighting. This is the first time they knew I was there though. They fought a couple times as I was growing up. They thought I was asleep but as loud as they got I couldn't get an ounce of it.
"I'm filing for a divorce. Don't worry about where I'll be." He said walking towards the back as she stormed towards him.
"You ain't filing for shit Henning Dion! I'll make sure of that!" Her statement alerted me.
"There's nothing you can do to change my mind. I'm over this fucked up marriage. It's been over two decades of the same shit I'm done." Everything moved so fast she charged at my dad and I ran towards her.
"You never loved me!" She yelled at him as I held her back.
"You never loved me Hale! You only settled for me because Antonio found who he wanted and it wasn't you I didn't find that out until he told me when we got back in touch." She looked absolutely petrified but somehow still angry.
"How did you get back in touch?" He rolled his eyes.
"It doesn't matter he doesn't want to see you anyway. He has a family and children of his own! What makes you think that he'd give all that up for you?" My dad spat at her.
My mother was furious and you could see it on her face. My father has never in their almost thirty years of marriage talked to my mother like this. He even surprised me since I've never seen him angry physically.
"You wouldn't know! He loved me then!" My father scoffed at her.
"He fucked you then! It wasn't love! We were in college and you thought he would give you the time of day afterwards but you followed him around like a sick puppy." He spat before going upstairs to grab his things.
My mother dropped to her knees and it was just silent. I just watched as she sat there scanning over her to see if I could read her. She started to shake before a scream erupted from her throat. She stormed into the kitchen and I heard her rummaging through the drawers. I stepped into the kitchen to see utensils and pans on the floor. I ran upstairs to my parents room to warn my dad.
"Daddy she's gonna kill you! We have to leave!" He nodded grabbing his duffel bag and we ran to the door.
We jumped down the steps only to see her with a pot and knife in her hands. My heart was beating loudly in my ears as we watched her watch us. At this moment I didn't know what to do. For the first time in forever I didn't know what to do.
I looked at her to see she didn't have an ounce of sympathy in her eyes. I decided to try and defuse the situation.
"We can all just talk about this." She shook her head before laughing menacingly.
"We can't! I've wasted so much time on him and I refuse for him to leave like it was nothing!" She said charging at him but somehow I ended up pushing her away.
She landed on the floor and the knife flying towards the cabinets. I ran towards it grabbing the knife so she wouldn't grab it. She sat up glaring at my dad before she went after him again which makes me huff.
"I hate you so much! I could've had him!" I grab her and snatch her off of my father.
"You couldn't have! He loves Ramona like he always has! The only reason you were there that night was because he was drunk after the party for the baseball team! Don't believe me I'll have him tell you himself!" He said before storming out of the house.
She snatched away from me before pushing me. She was breathing hard while she stared at me. I just look back at her.
"It's all because of you! I wish-" She stopped before crying.
"It has nothing to do with me. They had their kid way before you had yours. You were out of the spot as soon as Ramona got in it. Get over yourself." I told her and walked out the house.
